Inside the Pack: Hobby Goals for 2020
I’m not big on making resolutions at the start of each year in my personal life; I find that they often fall by the wayside and I end up disappointed a few months into the new year. I do, …
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Chrome Update Review
It feels odd to do a review of a 2020 product after having already reviewed 2021 Topps Series 1, but that’s the way things worked out this year. A late arrival for the annual end-of-year Target exclusive put this …
Inside the Pack: 1962 Topps Green Tints a Unique Challenge for Collectors
1962 Topps is a labor of love for many collectors. On the surface, it seems to be a standard 1960s set, albeit on the large side at 598 cards (compared to 522 for the 1961 set). Like most sets …
Inside The Pack: Should I Grade My Card?
One of the most common questions I hear from collector friends is, “Should I grade this card?” The answer to this question is almost never a simple yes or no. There are many factors that would go into my …
Inside the Pack: Ichiro and Albert
If you’ve collected baseball cards for any length of time at all, then you know the mania surrounding rookie cards of Shohei Ohtani is nothing new. Just last season, there was a similar hysteria over Aaron Judge, and in …
Inside the Pack: My Most Valuable Card
My great-grandmother (Bubbie) lived in Brooklyn, in a brownstone off Coney Island Avenue. She used to visit us in Florida every year for my birthday, taking the Amtrak train all the way down just to see me for a …
Inside the Pack: Collect What You Love
When I started collecting baseball cards, my personal collection was just “baseball cards”. In my 9-year-old brain, that was a sufficient collection. After some time I started to focus on Florida Marlins cards, but, since they weren’t around until …
Inside the Pack: What Makes a Good Card Shop?
If you were collecting cards in the 80s or 90s like I was, you know that card shops were a ubiquitous sight in almost any city. Where I grew up, I had 6 card shops in a 10-mile radius …